91.   Officials also reported heavy fighting persisted for the third day close to the renegade Muslim stronghold of Velika Kladusa in the volatile northwestern region.

92.   President Boris Yeltsin and the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia signed an agreement Monday on ending conflict and promoting cooperation in the volatile Caucasus region.

93.   President Franjo Tudjman has often cited stable relations with Yugoslavia as a key to stability in the volatile Balkan region.

94.   Russia condemned the assassination attempt, the second against Shevardnadze in less than three years, saying it had destabilized an already volatile region.

95.   Sandwiched between South Africa and Mozambique, Swaziland has a relatively stable history in the volatile southern African region.

96.   Russia has sought close military ties with Georgia and has won agreements allowing it to maintain bases as a foothold in the volatile Caucasus region.

97.   Russia will send additional troops and equipment to the volatile Caucasus region in southern Russia to guard against militants based in breakaway Chechnya, military officials said Wednesday.

98.   Several candidates filed lawsuits Tuesday in the volatile southern region of Dagestan, alleging that local elections two days earlier were marred by irregularities.

99.   Sporadic gunfire resounded on Saturday southwest of Pristina, in a volatile region where heavily armed Serb police have been hunting for militant Kosovo Albanians seeking independence.

100.   So far this year, one person has died and five have been wounded in the volatile region that is the last active Arab-Israeli war front.